Dear Child (2023) s01e01 Episode Script

1
One, two, three, four, five.
D!
-D for dog!
-Correct.
Six, seven, eight, nine, ten.
H!
H for horse!
Very good!
One, two, three, four.
V!
V for wasp!
-Wrong. Point deducted.
-Why?
W-A-S-P.
Not V-A-S-P.
-A small flying insect with a stinger
-You run much faster than us anyway.
You'll make that up in no
Dad!
Very good, you two.
Thanks, Dad.
You know you shouldn't cry
in front of the children, Lena.
Remember the rules.
DEAR CHILD
Stop!
Systolic blood pressure 70. Pulse 105.
She's probably bleeding internally.
Mom has the blood type AB negative.
This is the rarest blood type.
It's characterized by possessing
no antibodies against blood types A and B.
How do you know that?
Mom told me.
You don't need to worry.
Look here. That's your mom's heart.
What's your mom's name?
-Lena.
-Lena? Lena what?
Heart rate rising.
To 120.
128
Lena?
135.
Lena? Can you hear me?
Lena?
Esketamine, 30 milligrams intravenously.
I'm here with you, Mom.
Yes.
Hit-and-run, yes.
But the woman was in a nightgown,
and the child was only wearing pajamas.
No idea where they came from.
No. It's just forest
in all directions and
No.
Yes.
Straight to the university hospital.
Yes.
Yes.
Got it, okay.
Ines?
Did you manage to reach someone?
Yes.
Ambulance 3-2 arriving.
Shock room notified.
Female accident victim with her child.
Child has been checked, uninjured.
EMERGENCY ROOM
AMBULANCE
FIRE SERVICE
You good?
Yes. Okay.
TRAUMA SURGERY
"Central emergency department."
"X-ray, surgery,
functional diagnostics, intensive care,
chapel, accessible toilet."
Would you like to sit?
Someone will be here for you soon.
91, 92, 93, 94,
95, 96, 97
Hello.
I'm Nurse Ruth. And who are you?
My name is Hannah. That's a palindrome.
A what?
A word that reads the same
forwards or backwards.
H-A-N-N-A-H.
Would you like to come with me, Hannah?
I have to wait for Mom.
I thought maybe we could do that together.
My first name is Ruth,
and my last name is Küppers.
And your first name
is Hannah.
And your last name is?
Goliath.
Goliath?
I picked it just now.
Nice, isn't it?
Serial rib fracture left,
left upper quadrant: ruptured spleen.
Abdominal pad.
The rest of the organs are looking good.
We have to stop the abdominal bleeding.
Hemostat.
-The allogenic blood is being rejected.
-How?
The admission form said AB negative.
-What's the hemoglobin value?
-Hemoglobin value six.
I don't want to wake up. Let me sleep.
-Please let me
-The spleen has to be removed.
-The artery in the hilum is damaged.
-I don't want to.
Patient is convulsing. Anesthesia
Please don't.
Lena? Can you hear me?
-Lena?
-Stop!
Lena?
I'm here with you, Mom.
Hannah?
Is Hannah here?
Well?
On the big side, but nice and warm.
What do you say?
Nice match, huh?
Hannah?
Do you know what the phrase
"hit-and-run" means?
The phrase "hit-and-run" describes
the unlawful departure of a road user
from the scene of an accident
after a road accident caused by them.
But the man was nice and took care of Mom.
And he only disappeared
right before the ambulance arrived.
I see.
And anyway, it wasn't his fault
that the accident happened.
Why wasn't it his fault?
Sometimes Mom can be really clumsy.
She does silly things by accident.
Silly things?
I always help Mom if her hands are shaky.
Or if she doesn't manage to do things
yet again.
For example, going to the toilet
at the right time.
Then I'll go with her,
so she doesn't fall off the seat.
She already bumps her head
on the edge of the table all the time.
Tell me, does your mom
sometimes drink alcohol?
Mom gets water.
1,5 liters per day.
Because milk is only good for children.
Could it be that you need help at home?
Usually, we know how everything works.
We have our rules, after all.
Rules are important.
Just sometimes Mom forgets them,
so I remind her.
And yet she still does
silly things sometimes?
She wanted to kill Dad by accident.
Would you maybe like to draw something?
Yes?
I'll see if I can find
some drawing supplies, yeah?
I remembered everything exactly.
I did everything right.
I'm a big girl.
-The accident site is secured?
-Of course.
-Surroundings were checked?
-Yes.
Missing person inquiry is in progress?
What would I put as a description?
Blonde, mid-thirties, in a nightgown,
first name Lena?
Yes, exactly.
You can do that even before calling CID.
Yeah, with me in the break room.
Hang on.
Yeah, I got a search request
with INPOL-neu.
Are you here about the accident?
Aida Kurt, Aachen CID.
Someone's already here, thank you.
-The girl who came with her mother
-Okay, put me through.
She said that her mother
tried to kill her father.
Circulation machine.
Bench.
Ambulance.
Moon.
-What's the girl's name?
-Hannah.
And her last name?
Goliath.
But she just picked it herself.
And her address?
I couldn't get it out of her.
I think I'll talk to her myself.
As soon as someone from
Psychological Emergency Services is here.
I'll contact them now.
Maybe in the meantime, you could try
to get more info out of her, yeah?
Has a team been requested
to reconstruct the escape route?
On it.
Shit!
STATE CID
POLICE - INTERNAL COMMUNICATION, NRW
SERIOUS HIT-AND-RUN ROAD ACCIDEN
09/05/2023, AACHEN, FEMALE VICTIM
SERIOUS HIT-AND-RUN
ON COUNTRY ROAD NEAR DUTCH BORDER
What do you want?
You weren't to call anymore.
Is it Gerd?
There's a new report
in the system just now.
An accident victim
at Aachen University Hospital.
A blonde woman called Lena.
What?
How old?
What is it?
The age more or less fits. They estimate
her to be somewhere in her mid-thirties.
What is it?
It was probably
a pretty serious hit-and-run accident,
almost an hour from here
in the direction of the Dutch border.
Right now, the woman
is probably in surgery.
But I'm sure I'll know more
by tomorrow morning. I
For now, I just wanted to
Hello?
Shit.
Shit.
What did he say?
Matthias?
They
they found Lena.
No! No, she's alive!
-Don't move now. Stay like that.
-Okay.
Abdominal pad.
Systolic stable at 90.
Heart rate stable at 102
and 0,2 gamma norepinephrine.
Hb now stable at eight.
Okay, closing up.
Wet compress. Still folded, please.
And then go find out
who messed up on the blood type.
PLAN ROUTE
MY LOCATION - UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AACHEN
What's that?
Home.
And who is at home?
Jonathan.
Who's Jonathan?
My brother.
But I'm older.
I'm already 12.
Twelve?
And smarter.
And your little brother,
he's home all by himself now?
Yes. He has to get the stains
out of the carpet, after all.
And what if he gets hungry or thirsty?
He still has bars and milk.
When the carpet's clean,
we can go get him.
-I just need the address
-No!
He's too scared.
You can't see through the window at all.
You don't need to.
The windows are sealed because
the circulation machine makes air for us.
The circulation machine.
Yes.
Without oxygen, a human can't survive.
Lena, wake up.
Lena?
It was just a defective relay.
The ventilation is working again.
Everything is fine.
Thank you, Dad.
Is it far away, then, your house?
I can't answer that.
We mustn't be found, after all.
My daughter also loved these kinds
of games when she was little.
But I'm a big girl.
Jonathan was more frightened
by the blood than me as well.
Bam!
That's what it sounds like
when you bash someone's head.
A blow to the skull can cause concussion
or a craniocerebral trauma.
In rare cases,
a blow to the skull leads to death.
Yes?
Karin?
Yes?
Where are you?
Jülich-West.
I told Matthias it makes no sense
to drive to Aachen right now.
What else would make sense?
It's been 13 years.
We don't even know if it's Lena yet.
He didn't tell you that, did he?
Well, I'm about
ten minutes behind you guys.
Please wait for me.
All right.
You aren't supposed to know any of this.
I'm not in charge here.
Let me talk to my colleagues
in Aachen first.
See you soon.
Thanks.
How is she doing?
You can only tell after she wakes up.
Probably not before noon tomorrow.
Did you notice
anything out of the ordinary?
You better ask the surgeon.
But I'd rather ask you.
The blood type AB negative,
which the daughter gave
the emergency doctor,
it was the wrong one.
It was touch and go for a bit.
But it should never have been
taken as given without a crossmatch.
Thanks.
-Let me know when the canine unit arrives.
-Yes.
-Evening, Dr. Hamstedt.
-Good evening.
We need to quickly find out
where the girl came from.
First of all,
I have to find out how the girl is doing.
I understand. But her father
might be seriously injured.
-Hello, Doctor.
-Hello.
I don't want to arrest you.
She does that every time we come in.
The nails have to be clean.
And you mustn't hide anything in your hand
with which you could hurt yourself
or someone else.
That's the rule.
Hello, Hannah.
I am Aida Kurt.
From the police.
And this is Dr. Hamstedt.
He wants to see how you're doing.
Hello, Hannah. You can call me Benedikt.
Hannah, I'll be right back.
-I need to have a quick word with you.
-Okay.
Hannah, would you like
to sit down at the table?
Hannah said there's another child.
A younger brother, Jonathan.
What?
He's apparently still "at home."
Wherever that is.
A prison without windows.
With a ventilation system.
With rules and bloodstains.
Do you believe the girl?
Why would she be lying?
May I ask you a few questions?
Did your dad ever do something
that you didn't like?
Or that your mom didn't like?
And did Mom ever hurt Dad, perhaps?
It was just by accident.
Could you explain that to me more?
Hannah?
What is your last name?
Goliath.
And the real one?
Where do your friends ring
when they want to visit you?
You surely have visitors sometimes?
You don't need friends
if you are a happy family.
And at school?
You don't have any friends there?
We're doing homeschooling with Mom.
That's what it's called in English
when you teach your children at home.
You sure know a lot.
Even your mother's blood type.
How do you know that?
Mom told me.
You and your mom, you were running away
from something, weren't you?
Try to remember.
You were in the forest.
It was dark.
You were running.
Did you run far, Hannah?
Jonathan stayed home, didn't he?
At the house without windows.
Yeah?
Do you have any siblings
other than Jonathan?
Where is Nurse Ruth?
She'll be right back.
Is anyone else with your brother?
Miss Tinky.
Who's Miss Tinky?
My cat.
And where is Miss Tinky now?
Does Miss Tinky have enough food?
Hannah?
I want to go home.
To Miss Tinky.
Or even better, to the seaside.
Finally go on a trip again.
To the seaside with Mom.
She promised me.
I love you, Hannah.
Forever?
Forever and ever and ever.
Shit!
Shit!
Yes, it was! I swear!
Our daughter has been admitted here.
Lena Beck.
-Which ward?
-No idea!
-You have to ring the bell.
-Matthias, here.
CENTRAL EMERGENCY ROOM
Pressure won't get us anywhere, okay?
We need time.
Or else she'll shut down completely.
Will she stay here?
The rest of the night at least.
Too much change,
too many stimuli, that's not good for her.
Also, she asked for the nurse.
That's a sign that she feels safe here.
Yes?
Who?
State CID?
Yes, put them through.
Aida Kurt.
In five minutes?
Yes.
Okay. I'll pick you up.
There. One for you. For you.
Thank you.
Pull that here
Please put on the shoe covers
only after you're in that white square.
Okay.
There. This is for you.
-Thanks.
-Shall I help you?
-Please.
-Yes? Here, like this.
And when you leave
the intensive care area,
please throw the used protective clothing
in the container there.
Okay.
Are you the parents?
-Yes.
-Yes.
My name is Schahadat.
We had to remove your daughter's spleen.
Don't worry, it isn't a vital organ.
She can live without it without issues.
She's currently unconscious
and has injuries on her face.
But it looks worse than it is.
I would like to see Lena now, please.
Okay?
Her hand is over my ear.
It creates a beautiful murmur.
Like the sea.
Even though I know it's my own blood.
You know what?
I have some very good news for you.
Your mom's operation went well.
Can I go see her now?
It's not her.
Excuse me?
That's not Lena.
That's not her!
-Who
-It's all right, Mr. Beck.
-Who is that? That
-Hey. You need to calm down, okay?
-Who is that?
-Calm down now, okay?
That isn't my daughter!
-Mr. Beck!
-That's not her!
-Orderlies!
-Who is that?
Who is that?
Do we have some major situation here
that I'm not aware of?
Why?
Well, if the Düsseldorf State CID
is getting involved This way.
Well, not exactly State CID, but me.
CENTRAL EMERGENCY ROOM
Don't I know you from somewhere?
Nope. Not that I know of.
Yes. I saw your face just recently.
-Maybe on my application, yes.
-Yes.
You really have a good memory for faces.
About the Lena Beck case, I was
Yes?
in charge of it back then.
She's been missing for 13 years now.
It's possible that the accident victim
He's apparently freaking out.
In front of ICU unit two.
One minute.
Stop it.
Enough now!
It's all right. Calm down!
-Shit.
-Who are they?
Lena Beck's parents.
You informed the parents?
You can let go of him now.
He will keep quiet now.
-All right.
-Thank you.
Thanks.
Everything is fine.
-Nothing is fine.
-Matthias, please.
It's not her.
"I'll bring your Lena back home to you."
Your words.
Your word.
Grandfather.
Lena.
Lena!
Lena!
I hear everything.
But I just lie here.
Like a dead lump of meat.
Lena,
you know what he did to me.